Numerical and experimental analysis of nonradiative dielectric guide modulator and mixer at Ka band

Author

Pathak, N.P. ; Basu, A. ; Koul, S.K. ; Bhat, B.

Author_Institution

Centre for Appl. Res. in Electron., Indian Inst. of Technol., New Delhi, India

Volume

14

Issue

7

fYear

2004

fDate

7/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

322

Lastpage

324

Abstract

This letter describes the numerical analysis of an on/off modulator and a single-ended mixer in nonradiative dielectric (NRD) guide configuration at Ka band. Currently, only experimental results are available for such structures. A shunt mounted diode switch in NRD guide configuration is analyzed using the finite element method (FEM) in conjunction with linear circuit simulation. A novel mixer is similarly analyzed using FEM and harmonic balance analysis. The results obtained from numerical analysis are compared with measured results. It is demonstrated that some counter-intuitive experimental results can be explained through numerical analysis.

Keywords

Schottky diodes; finite element analysis; microwave diodes; microwave mixers; modulators; nonradiative dielectric waveguides; semiconductor switches; Ka band; Schottky barrier diode; experimental analysis; finite element method; harmonic balance analysis; hybrid system analysis; linear circuit simulation; nonradiative dielectric guide modulator; numerical analysis; on-off modulator; shunt mounted diode switch; single-ended mixer; Analytical models; Circuit simulation; Dielectrics; Diodes; Finite element methods; Harmonic analysis; Linear circuits; Numerical analysis; Switches; Switching circuits; FEM; Finite element method; NRD; Schottky barrier diode; guide; hybrid system analysis techniques; mixer; nonradiative dielectric; on-off modulator;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2004.829263

Filename

1309682